The tale behind a new museum of children’s literature is equal parts imagination, chutzpah and “The Little Engine That Could.” By Elisabeth Egan Photographs and Video by Chase Castor Elisabeth Egan ...

The Rabbit hOle, the proposed “explor-a-storium” in Kansas City envisioned by artists and former booksellers Deb Pettid and Pete Cowdin, is becoming a reality with the recent purchase of a ...

Kansas City booksellers Pete Cowdin and Deb Pettid, who have owned The Reading Reptile for more than 25 years, intend to close the bookstore Pettid founded in 1988 by the end of March so that they can ...

As Debbie Pettid, one of the creators of The Rabbit Hole, waited for some 30 elementary school students from Rosehill Enhanced Learning Classroom in the Shawnee Mission School District on a recent ...

The new museum in North Kansas City’s Iron District is dedicated to immersing kids and their parents in the world of children’s literature. Co-founders Deb Pettid and Pete Cowdin have spent the last ...

John “Jack” David Pettid, passed away in Denver, Colorado, on Tuesday, November 2, 2016 peacefully after a long fulfilling life. He will be cremated with a memorial service following at Fort Logan ...

Wearing a pair of corduroy trousers he purchased for the occasion and his trademark Vans sneakers and baseball cap, Pete Cowdin stepped into a world known to most Midwesterners only from Woody Allen ...

The Wilmington Fire Department is facing a growing crisis in recruitment and retention, driven primarily by two major challenges: low wages and inadequate healthcare benefits. "Recruitment and ...